Last November,\u00a0I visited the CBU campus as a complete newbie, ready to immerse myself in CBU\u2019s annual\u00a024event.\u00a024\u00a0is an opportunity for prospective CBU students to stay overnight in a freshman dorm, cottage, or apartment;to be involved in other fun activities;\u00a0and attend a class in their field of study during their 24-hour stay.\u00a0For me, the\u00a024event was when the \u201cspark\u201d happened–\u00a0the one that made my college decision for me. I attended a\u00a0fundamental image class \u2013 which, coincidentally, has been my favorite class this semester \u2013 and was exposed to the incredible world of digital media and design. I also met a couple of prospective fellow design students, Kayla and Caitlin, with whom I now share classes and am still friends. \u00a0All in all,\u00a024-CBU was a fantastic experience.<\/p>\n
Jumping ahead to this November, I am now again a CBU newbie, on the level of a first-time freshman\u2026 and just before Thanksgiving break, seemingly much too soon\u2026 it became\u00a0my\u00a0turn to host\u00a024\u00a0students.<\/p>\n
Since one of my roommates knew a high school friend of hers would be coming for 24, we requested that she be our guest for\u00a0this year\u2019s event.\u00a0We\u00a0soon\u00a0found\u00a0out, just a few minutes before the student\u2019s arrival,\u00a0that each of the\u00a0Tower Hall\u00a0apartments\u00a0would\u00a0host\u00a0three\u00a024\u00a0students\u00a0each.\u00a0Oh my!<\/p>\n
So when the other two girls showed up, the three of us did our best not to seem surprised\u00a0and to appear entirely prepared for their arrival. We were not opposed in the least, of course \u2013 the more the merrier!<\/p>\n
While last year the perks of being a newbie were that I was shown around and given chances to be a college kid for 24 hours, this year the perks of being a newbie were so much better. This year, I got to be the one who has CBU stories to share, advice to give\u00a0and,\u00a0hopefully,\u00a0methods of persuasion to come back next year! What a neat experience that was.<\/p>\n
Our three girls were all sweethearts, and we had a wonderful time with them that evening. From guiding them to their activities, to watching\u00a0The Hunger Games\u00a0in the Rec Center, to running back, laughing, to our apartment in the pouring rain afterward, to all of the\u00a0chats and questions in between.\u00a0I\u2019m so glad to have had that experience, from the other\u00a0side of the fence.<\/p>\n
All of you younger prospective students, I sincerely encourage you to attend a CBU\u00a024\u00a0event next year. If you\u2019re anything like me it\u2019ll be a step out of your comfort zone to go stay overnight in a stranger\u2019s dorm (although, coincidentally, I\u00a0roomed with a friend of a\u00a0friend. But that\u2019s beside the point). However I highly recommend the experience. Believe me when I say that\u00a024\u00a0really is a fantastic\u00a0opportunity\u00a0for someone unsure of where to go for college.\u00a0And when you do attend, and you fall as\u00a0in love with CBU as I did, I hope to see you around\u00a0the following year\u2026 and that your\u00a0name will be on the\u00a024<\/a>\u00a0hosting list!<\/p>\n After all, there are\u00a0always\u00a0perks to being a newbie around here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last November,\u00a0I visited the CBU campus as a complete newbie, ready to immerse myself in CBU\u2019s annual\u00a024event.\u00a024\u00a0is an opportunity for prospective CBU students to stay overnight in a freshman dorm, cottage, or apartment;to be involved in other fun activities;\u00a0and attend a class in their field of study during their 24-hour stay.\u00a0For me, the\u00a024event was when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natalie-shadle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}